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Commentary: Less is better: lessons from the New York University-Mount Sinai merger.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20856097     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Elsewhere in this issue, Kastor details the merger and demerger of New York University (NYU) and Mount Sinai hospitals and medical schools. Academic medical center mergers are difficult endeavors to execute under optimal circumstances. The failure of the NYU-Mount Sinai merger was inevitable on the basis of preexisting cultural distinctions, lack of substantial faculty and staff support, and the inability to generate significant early accomplishments that were meaningful to the respective constituencies. Economies of scale and improved academic performance are challenging for merged medical centers to achieve in the short term--caveat emptor. The authors of this commentary discuss, from the NYU perspective, key lessons learned and offer insights about how certain difficulties could have been addressed.
Authors:
Robert I Grossman; Robert Berne
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comment; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges     Volume:  85     ISSN:  1938-808X     ISO Abbreviation:  Acad Med     Publication Date:  2010 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-11-25     Completed Date:  2011-01-20     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8904605     Medline TA:  Acad Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1817-8     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
NYU Langone Medical Center, New York, New York 10016, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Academic Medical Centers / organization & administration
Economic Competition*
Health Facility Merger / organization & administration*
Humans
New York
Schools, Medical / organization & administration*
Universities / organization & administration*
Comments/Corrections
Comment On:
Acad Med. 2010 Dec;85(12):1828-32   [PMID:  20856095 ]
Acad Med. 2010 Dec;85(12):1823-7   [PMID:  20856096 ]

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